2026
(tentative schedule)
June 1 (12:01 AM) Registration opens
After 1 week of open registration: Registration fee increases.
Aug 1 (9 AM) Training Run starting at Skulls Gap
August 10 (12:01 AM) Runners may no longer order shirts.
August 15 (9 AM) Training Run starting in Damascus (at the race start)
August 24 (12:01 AM) Registration fee increases
August 29 (8 AM) [Tentative] Course Marking. Initially meet at Skulls Gap.
Sept 4 (5-8 PM) Packet Pick-up at the Damascus Gazebo (race start/finish).
September 5- Race Day!
New for 2026- Same day registration open up until 15 minutes before race start (shirt purchase only after the race as supplies last)
5:30-6:30 AM Packet pickup at Race Start/Finish
6:45 AM Race brief.
7:00 AM- 50 & 40 Mile Race starts
7:30 AM- 30 Mile Race starts
8:00 AM- 16 Mile Race starts
Please see the Cut Offs/Time Limits page for time limits on the course.
9:52:06 AM Record 16 mile finish (2010- time adjusted for new start time)
11:16:01 AM Record 30 mile finish (2012- time adjusted for new start time)
11:30 AM Cookout starts
1:10:12 PM Record 40 mile finish (2023)
2:04:05 PM Record 50 mile finish (2017)
4:00 PM Time limit for 16 mile event
5:30 PM Time limit for 30 mile event
7:00 PM Time limit for 40 & 50 mile event (Cookout ends, finish site clean up, etc)
Sunday & Monday after Race Day- Course sweep
Week after the race: Race admin (After action report to US Forest Service, USATF, etc).
Results will be posted as soon as possible (course cleanup and after action reports are the priority- if these are not done, future races may be at risk). Emailing the RD to ask about the results slows down the process.